Which States Have Existing Law or Pending Bills for VVP Ballots or Trails

Which States Have Existing Law or Pending Bills for VVP Ballots or Trails




I’m trying to figure out which states have existing law or pending legislation for VVP Ballots or Trails.

Please help me by verifying (no pun intended) each of the categorized lists below.


This list of states requiring paper, may be dated.

States Currently Requiring Verified Paper Ballots (VVPB):

California

Illinois

New Hampshire

Oregon

Vermont

Wisconsin


This list comes from Common Cause and seems largely correct.

States with VVPB legislation or requirements pending:

Arizona

Arkansas

Colorado

Florida

Maine

Maryland

Montana

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Oregon

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Utah


This is a list of states I thought had bills pending, but they don’t seem to show up on Common Cause’s site.

States that may have VVPB Legislation pending:

Connecticut

Virginia

Washington


Common Cause State Election Bill Tracker:

http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=473101

For more info:

Safe Vote Hawai'i
http://www.safevotehawaii.com/

Senate bill SB1325
Bill Status, Text, and Committee Reports
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=SB1325&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs

Description: Requires that electronic voting systems also generate paper ballots to ensure accuracy. Establishes auditing procedures. (SD2)

Bill Status
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=SB1325&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs

Date Status Text
1/27/2005 S Introduced and passed First Reading.
2/1/2005 S Referred to JHW, WAM.
2/7/2005 S The committee on JHW has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-05 at 9:00 am in conference room 229.
2/11/2005 S The committee on JHW deferred the measure until 02-15-05 at 9:00 am in conference room 229.
2/15/2005 S The committee(s) on JHW recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JHW were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hanabusa, Chun Oakland, English, Whalen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hee, Ihara.
2/18/2005 S Reported from JHW (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 283) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2/18/2005 S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2/23/2005 S The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-05 at 9:30 am in conference room 211.
2/25/2005 S The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 14 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Tsutsui, English, Espero, Fukunaga, Hooser, Inouye, Kanno, Kim, Kokubun, Nishihara, Hemmings, Slom, Trimble; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Sakamoto.
3/4/2005 S Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 968) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
3/4/2005 S 48 Hrs. Notice 03-08-05.
3/8/2005 S Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.
3/8/2005 H Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 266) in amended form (SD 2).
3/10/2005 H Pass First Reading.
3/10/2005 H Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 30

House bill HB1740
Bill Status, Text, and Committee Reports
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=HB1740&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs

Description: Prohibits use of electronic voting system unless the system generates a paper ballot that may be inspected and corrected, and unless every ballot is retained as a definitive record; allows the chief election officer to rely on electronic tallies created by electronic voting systems under certain conditions; establishes that every person who causes electronic voting systems to record, tally, or report votes inaccurately shall be deemed guilty of election fraud; appropriates funds for costs incurred in acquiring technology to create a paper trail for electronic ballots. (SD1)

Bill Status
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus2.asp?billno=HB1740

Date Status Text
1/27/2005 H Introduced and Pass First Reading
1/31/2005 H Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 7
2/4/2005 H Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-08-05 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 325.
2/8/2005 H The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, B. Oshiro, Caldwell, Herkes, Morita, Sonson, Souki, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kanoho.
2/17/2005 H Reported from the committee on JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 545) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN.
2/18/2005 H Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no and Representative(s) Moses, Souki, Takumi, Tanaka excused.
2/21/2005 H Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-24-05 at 4:30 pm in House conference room 308.
2/24/2005 H The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Takamine, Kawakami, Carroll, Chong, Evans, Lee, Magaoay, Nakasone, Nishimoto, Tanaka, Tsuji, Wakai, Yamane, Yamashita, Fox, Moses; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Karamatsu, Meyer, Pine.
3/3/2005 H Reported from the committee on FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 790), recommending passage on Third Reading.
3/4/2005 H Passed Third Reading as amended in (HD 1) with none voting no and Arakaki, Herkes, Saiki, Takai excused.
3/4/2005 H Transmitted to Senate.
3/8/2005 S Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 108).
3/8/2005 S Passed First Reading.
3/8/2005 S Deferred until 03/10/05.
3/10/2005 S Referred to JHW, WAM.
3/17/2005 S The committee(s) on JHW has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-05 at 9:00 am in conference room 229.
3/21/2005 S The committee on JHW deferred the measure until 03-22-05 at 9:30 am in conference room 229.
3/22/2005 S The committee(s) on JHW recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JHW were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hanabusa, Hee, Chun Oakland, English, Ihara, Whalen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
3/24/2005 S Reported from JHW (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1219) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
3/24/2005 S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

Thanks Tom.

If you want to contact them with your links, try here:

http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/ka/ct/contactus.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=202673&en=lgLMIQNtE5JNK5OzE6KKLUOEKnJMIXPHIfIRJ9OQG

Google:
nevada paper ballots
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=nevada+paper+ballots&btnG=Google+Search

National Ballot Integrity Project Discussion Forum - Nevada ...
... Cast Ballot." In Nevada, after a voter has made his selections, a screen appears
reading "Touch here to print and review a paper record of your ballot." After ...
www.ballotintegrity.org/DCForumID39/2.html - 43k - Cached - Similar pages

etc.

Thanks Tom.

We do have a bill (ESSB 5395--Requiring voting devices to produce paper records.) and it passed in our Senate 48-0. It is now put before the House (They'll have a Committee executive session on it tomorrow) and hopefully it will gain the same overwhelming support in that body.

The first section includes this language:

Beginning on January 1, 2006, all electronic voting devices shall produce an individual paper record, at the time of voting, that may be reviewed by the voter before finalizing his or her vote. This record may not be removed from the polling place and must be human readable without an interface and machine readable for counting purposes.

If it gets out of the legislature, I think the Governor is certain to sign it into law.

Link to the bill:
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5395-S.E.htm

This has been a successful grassroots campaign to make an honest system out of our voting process, and the bill includes provisions for mandatory, random, manual recounts as an auditing check on the machines.

The state Senators who sponsored this bill (including mine, Sen. Spanel) deserve thanks for their hard work--and I pray for success in the next month.

Before the 2004 election they brought in electronic voting for 2006. At least one in every town. Check out http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14101408&BRD=1380&PAG=461&dept_id=157533&rfi=6 for more.

Senate Bill 1295: An act establishing an electronic recording commission made up of: SoS, Chief Information Officer of the Department of Information Technology, Public Records Administrator, a town clerk nominated by PPT of the Senate, a Representative of a title insurance company appointed by the minority leader of the HoR, a representative of the mortgage banking industry appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. Sent to LCO.

I don't like the bold parts AT ALL. I can understand appointments from the minority party but who they designated is pretty odd. But it passed 20-0 in the elections and government committee though an amendment they changed it from "shall set policy" to "shall make recommendations for the assembly to make policy." Real question on why banking and insurance execs should be sitting on this committee other than Republicans setting it up so that should they ever again have the majority in both houses they will basically control the whole commission... I don't see why Democrats would go along with it but they will.

Senate Bill 55: Vote was 19 to 1 in the electoral committee. Both Republicans and Democrats voting in favor; the lone dissenting voting was Richard Ferrari (R-62). Sent to LCO.

proposed SB55 in total:
AN ACT PROMOTING VOTING SYSTEM ACCURACY, INTEGRITY AND SECURITY THROUGH VOTER-VERIFIED PAPER RECORDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 9-242 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2005):

(a) A voting machine approved by the Secretary of the State shall be so constructed as to provide facilities for voting for the candidates of at least nine different parties or organizations. It shall permit voting in absolute secrecy. It shall be provided with a lock by means of which any illegal movement of the voting or registering mechanism is absolutely prevented. Such machine shall be so constructed that an elector cannot vote for a candidate or on a proposition for whom or on which he is not lawfully entitled to vote.

(b) It shall be so constructed as to prevent an elector from voting for more than one person for the same office, except when he is lawfully entitled to vote for more than one person for that office, and it shall afford him an opportunity to vote for only as many persons for that office as he is by law entitled to vote for, at the same time preventing his voting for the same person twice. It shall be so constructed that all votes cast will be registered or recorded by the machine.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of the State may approve a voting machine which requires the elector in the polls to place his ballot into the recording device and which meets the voluntary performance and test standards for voting systems adopted by the Federal Election Commission on January 25, 1990, as amended from time to time, and regulations which the Secretary of the State may adopt in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, provided the voting machine shall (1) warn the elector of overvotes, (2) not record overvotes, and (3) not record more than one vote of an elector for the same person for an office.

(d) A voting machine approved by the Secretary of the State for an election or primary held on or after January 1, 2006, shall also be so constructed as to produce an individual, permanent, voter-verified paper record for each elector casting a vote on the machine. (Edit: It is bad that it says "paper record" and not "paper ballot" right?)Each such record shall (1) be suitable for a manual audit and equivalent or superior to a paper ballot for the purposes of any such manual audit, (Edit: How can it be superior to a paper ballot for a recount?) (2) be made available for inspection and verification by the elector at the time the elector casts his or her vote, (3) be preserved within the polling place in the same manner in which paper ballots are required under this title to be preserved for any manual audit, and (4) be available as an official record and be the official record used for any recanvass conducted under chapter 148 with respect to the election or primary in which the machine is used. The voting machine shall also be so constructed as to provide the elector with an opportunity to correct any error made by the machine before the record is preserved for use in any manual audit.

ProgressiveConn, that was nice of you.

Much appreciated.

Always glad to help out.

Hartford Courant

Committee Backs 2 Election-Security Bills

March 24, 2005
By MARK PAZNIOKAS, Courant Staff Writer

When electronic voting is used throughout Connecticut next year, it should be accompanied by a voter-verified paper trail, a legislative committee decided Wednesday.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=143x1305#1309

Check again.

But it seems they'd be equipped for VVPAT

-snip-

Prior to 2005, eight states - Alaska, California, Illinois, Maine, Ohio, Oregon, New Hampshire and Vermont - enacted laws that in one form or another mandated either the use of paper ballots or paper audit trails with electronic voting machines. In 2004, then-Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt also stated that he would mandate that DRE machines produce a voter-verifiable paper ballot.

-snip-

http://www.electionline.org/index.jsp?page=Newsletter%20Feb%2017%202005

But of course, they're not all BALLOTS, are they?

Nevertheless, anything voter-verified made of paper is a good thing.

These bills MUST BE SUPPORTED as a first step to getting the vote back.

Don't they have a VVPB (or VVPAT) law passed since the election?

(Which certain "forces" are now trying to get repealed or watered-down?)

Verified Voting Legislation in various States

Have passed a law for VVPB: California, Alaska, Oregon, Illinois, Ohio, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, New Mexico and Arkansas have passed laws
requiring a Voter Verified Paper Ballot.

Have bills for VVPB pending: Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia,
Georgia, and Florida, Washington, have bills introduced.

States with Laws passed requiring VVPB effective 2006

California SB1438 "http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_1438&sess=CUR&house=B&search_type=email"

Alaska HB459 "http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=23&bill=HB459"

Oregon - per secretary of state, has vote by mail

Illinois 10 ILCS 5/161

New Mexico SB678 and Hb 1063 http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=5646

Ohio HB262, SB167, HB358 "http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_262"

Vermont S202
On April 15, 2004, Vermont's Governor Jim Douglas signed S.202 into law. The bill was passed by the Vermont House and Senate on April 2, 2004. The law states, in part:
For general elections, the secretary of state shall furnish each town with a number of printed ballots approximately equal to 100 percent of the number of voters on the checklist for the primary election. and No voting shall occur in any general election which does not use printed ballots. "http://www.leg.state.vt.us/database/status/summary.cfm?Bill=S%2E0202&Session=2004"

New Hampshire
passed in 1995, all votes must create paper ballot
In 1995, New Hampshire passed a law requiring a paper record of every ballot cast, effectively banning touch-screen election computers that don't produce such receipts. Instead, New Hampshire voters fill in ovals or connect arrows on paper ballots or card stock.

Maine LD 1759 "http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=1759" and "http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsiteframe.asp?ID=280012037&LD=1759&Type=1&SessionID=5"
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States with Bills for VVPB introduced:


Arizona SB1250, HB2611, HB2660
HB2611 For equipment used in elections held in 2006 and later, provide the elector with a printed record of the vote cast by the elector and shall permit the elector to correct any error and verify the choices made. The printed record shall be retained and protected at the polling place in a manner to assure its usefulness for purposes of verification and audit during and after the counting process. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/bills/hb2611p%2Ehtm&DocType=B

Colorado SB 198 http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=5671

Connecticut SB 55 http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=5669

Florida HB1037, SB2390

Georgia HB 790 http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=5644

Hawaii.
SB1325 http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=SB1325&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs

HB 1740 http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=HB1740&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs

Maryland SB9 and HB 107 http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=5596

Minnesota HF 1703, SF1666

Montana HB 297 http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=5662

New York AO8847, SO6207, AO9725


New Jersey A2627

North Carolina HB 238 and S 223 http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=5618

Virginia HB987 (07)
Requires VVPB by Jan 2007 "http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+vot+H18V0079+HB0987"

Tennessee SB2499, HB2587

Texas House (HB 166) and Sen. Shapleigh in the Senate (SB 94). It would require any voting system in Texas to have a voter-verified paper record of an electronic vote.
You can access the text of the bills at the following links: "http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00166&VERSION=1&TYPE=B" and "http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00094&VERSION=1&TYPE=B"


Washington SENATE BILL 5395
Link to the bill:
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5395-S.E.htm


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SOS and BOE favor, legislation pending:
Missouri HB1744
Alabama SB251
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Secretary of State or Elections Board Favors:
Nevada
Montana
Oklahoma
West Virginia
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"http://www.votersunite.org/info/statestatus.asp"

Now we're cooking.

I wish I had posted what I have, though in raw form, sooner. I'll do that as a reply to this post, and continue to try to iron out the discrepancies.

I am wondering if there is VVPB or VVPAT law or pending legislation in Washington & Wisconsin.

-on edit-

Something is brewing in Washington State:

http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5395-S.E.htm

-off edit


Maine does seem to have some bills pending, which I haven't looked at, in addition to what was passed:

Voter-Verified Paper Trail Bills
LD 456 (House Bill 334)
An Act making disputed ballots in State Elections public.
Sponsor: Rep. McKane
Status: In-Committee (House Legal and Veterans Affairs)


Voting Standards Bills
LD 100 (House Bill 76)
An Act requiring the Secretary of State to develop voting systems standards.
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick
Status: In-Committee (House Legal and Veterans Affairs)

Links for these will (hopefully) be in the post below.


Thanks for helping with this.

I'm hoping to put together a compendium for this board, and also post the individual state bills on the individual DU State Forums.

The latter is not only to help the state forums jump on reform, but to attract them to this board for participation.

State VVPAT or VVPB Legislation


Arizona

Voter Verified Paper Trail Bills

House Bill 2491
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2491&image.x=15&image.y=7
An Act mandating a voter verified paper record be provided to electors who use an electronic voting system.
Sponsor: Rep. Downing
Status: In-Committee (House Government Reform)
prepared for 3rd reading

Senate Bill 1342
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1342
An Act relating to elections and electors.
Sponsor: Sen. Jarrett
Status: passed Senate


Arkansas

Voter-Verified Paper Trail Bills

House Bill 1360
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB1360.pdf
An Act concerning direct read electronic voting machines and voter verified paper trails; and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Kidd, Rep. Surnpter
Status: signed by Governor, now Act 654


Colorado

Voter-Verified Paper Trail Bills

Senate Bill 05-079
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont/51B91106B515902487256F5E0078CF5A?Open&file=079_01.pdf
An Act concerning the creation of a permanent paper record of each vote cast in an election.
Sponsor: Sen. Mitchell, Rep. Madden
Status: Dead

Senate Bill 05-198
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/902196947278857887256F4D0069B29F?Open&file=198_01.pdf
An Act concerning the creation of a permanent paper record of each vote cast in an election. Expands the list of photo IDs allowed for voter verification.
Sponsor: Sen. Gordon, Sen. Mitchell
Status: Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
Florida


Voter-Verified Paper Trail Bills

House Bill 713 (Senate Bill 504)
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/bills_detail.aspx?Id=16273&sBillSubjectText=Election&iSessionSelectedIndex=0&iChamberSelectedIndex=2
An Act requiring that electronic or electromechanical voting system be capable of producing voter-verified paper record that is suitable for manual audit.
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson
Status: 1st Reading

Senate Bill 504 (House Bill 713)
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/bills_detail.aspx?Id=15605&sBillSubjectText=Election&iSessionSelectedIndex=0&iChamberSelectedIndex=2
An Act requiring that electronic or electromechanical voting system be capable of producing voter-verified paper record that is suitable for manual audit.
Sponsor: Sen. Hill
Status: In-Committee (Senate Ethics and Elections)

House Bill 541 (Senate Bill 280)
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/bills_detail.aspx?Id=16008&sBillSubjectText=Election&iSessionSelectedIndex=0&iChamberSelectedIndex=2
An Act revising a requirement and provides additional requirements for voting systems that may be approved by the Department of State.
Sponsor: Rep. Seiler
Status: 1st Reading

Senate Bill 280 (House Bill 541)
An Act revising a requirement and provides additional requirements for voting systems that may be approved by the Department of State.
Sponsor: Sen. Klein
Status: In-Committee (Senate Ethics and Elections)


Hawaii

Senate Bill SB1325
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?...
Requires that electronic voting systems also generate paper ballots to ensure accuracy. Establishes auditing procedures. (SD2)
Sponsor: Hanbusa
Status: 3/8/2005 S Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Transmitted to House.
3/8/2005 H Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 266) in amended form (SD 2).
3/10/2005 H Pass First Reading.
3/10/2005 H Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 30

House bill HB1740
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?...
Description: Prohibits use of electronic voting system unless the system generates a paper ballot that may be inspected and corrected, and unless every ballot is retained as a definitive record; allows the chief election officer to rely on electronic tallies created by electronic voting systems under certain conditions; establishes that every person who causes electronic voting systems to record, tally, or report votes inaccurately shall be deemed guilty of election fraud; appropriates funds for costs incurred in acquiring technology to create a paper trail for electronic ballots. (SD1)
Sponsor: Luke, et. al.
Status: 3/22/2005 S The committee(s) on JHW recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
3/24/2005 S Reported from JHW (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1219) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
3/24/2005 S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.


Maine

Voter-Verified Paper Trail Bills

LD 456 (House Bill 334)
http://www.maine.gov/portal/government/legislature.html
An Act making disputed ballots in State Elections public.
Sponsor: Rep. McKane
Status: In-Committee (House Legal and Veterans Affairs)

Voting Standards Bills

LD 100 (House Bill 76)
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ID=280014619
An Act requiring the Secretary of State to develop voting systems standards.
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick
Status: In-Committee (House Legal and Veterans Affairs)


Maryland

Voter-Verified Paper Trails

House Bill 80
http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/billfile/hb0080.htm
An Act requiring that voting systems incorporate an adequate voter verification process that includes specified features.
Sponsor: Del. Cardin
Status: 1st Reading (House Ways and Means)

House Bill 107
http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/billfile/hb0107.htm
An Act requiring that any voting system that does not use a document ballot produce an accessible voter-verified paper audit trail of a voter's ballot choices and provide the voter with an opportunity to inspect the accessible voter-verified paper audit trail.
Sponsor: Del. Montgomery
Status: 1st Reading (House Ways and Means)

Senate Bill 9
http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/billfile/sb0009.htm
An Act requiring that specified voting systems produce a paper record of a voter's ballot choices and provide the voter with an opportunity to inspect the paper record.
Sponsor: Sen. Harris
Status: In-Committee (Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs)


Montana

Voter-Verified Paper Trail Bills

House Bill 297
http://laws.leg.state.mt.us/pls/laws05/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=297&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find
An Act requiring use of paper ballots in all elections.
Sponsor: Rep. Brady Wiseman
Status: passed House
In-Committee (Senate State Administration)


New Jersey

Voter-Verified Paper Trail Bills

Assembly Bill 33 (Senate Bill 2400)
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2004/Bills/A0500/33_I1.PDF
An Act requiring that all voting machines produce a voter-verified paper record.
Sponsor: Rep. Reed Gusciora
Status: In-Committee (House Appropriations)

Senate Bill 2400 (Assembly Bill 33)
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2004/Bills/S2500/2400_I1.PDF
An Act requiring that all voting machines produce a voter-verified paper record.
Sponsor: Sen. Wayne Bryant
Status: In-Committee (Senate State Government)


New Mexico

Voter-Verified Paper Trail

House Bill 1026
http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/_session.asp?chamber=H&type=++&number=1026&year=05
An Act requiring the use of voter-verifiable paper ballots; changing requirements for testing and certification of voting systems; declaring an emergency.
Sponsor: Rep. Mary Helen Garcia
Status: In-Committee (House Voters & Elections)

Senate Bill 962
http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/_session.asp?chamber=S&type=++&number=962&year=05
An Act requiring the use of voter-verifiable paper ballots; changing requirements for testing and certification of voting systems; declaring an emergency.
Sponsor: Sen. James G. Taylor
Status: In-Committee (Senate Rules)


New York

Help America Vote Act Bills

Assembly Bill 5
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A00005
An Act enacting the voting systems standards act of 2005; includes electronic display within the definition of ballot; implements a statewide uniform voting machine; establishes the election modernization fund;
Sponsor: Rep. Wright
Status: passed Assembly
delivered to Senate

Assembly Bill 122
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A00122
An Act to provide for county board of elections control of voting machines and other functions relating to the election administration process.
Sponsor: Rep. Wright
Status: passed Assembly
In-Committee (Senate Elections)


Voter-Verified Paper Trail Bills

Senate Bill 1809
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S01809
An Act prohibiting the use of punch card ballots after November 1, 2006; providing for the certification of voting machines by the state board of elctions; requiring such systems to produce and retain a voter-verified permanent record.
Sponsor: Sen. Flanagan
Status: passed Senate
In-Committee (House Election Law)


North Carolina

Voter-Verified Paper Trail Bills

House Bill 238 (Senate Bill 233)
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H238
An Act requiring that all voting systems permit all voters to verify their votes on paper.
Sponsor: Rep. Insko, Rep. Preston
Status: In-Committee (House Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform)

Senate Bill 233 (House Bill 238)
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S223
An Act requiring that all voting systems permit all voters to verify their votes on paper.
Sponsor: Sen. Eleanor Kinnaird
Status: In-Committee (Senate Judiciary)


Oregon

Voter-Verified Paper Trail Bills

House Bill 2169
http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measpdf/hb2100.dir/hb2169.intro.pdf
An Act prohibits secretary from approving voting machine unless
machine contains devices that duplicate votes cast by elector
onto paper record copy and allow elector to view paper record copy.
Sponsor:
Status: passed House
In-Committee (Senate Rules)


South Carolina

Voting Systems

House Bill 3347
http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/3347.htm
State Election Commission to adopt one voting system to be used to conduct elections.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott et al.
Status: Read third time in House and sent to Senate 3/4/2005
In committee (Senate Judiciary)


Tennessee

Voter-Verified Paper Trail

House Bill 313 (Senate Bill 490)
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB0313.pdf
An act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to electronic ballot software programs.
Sponsor: Rep. Lynn, Sen. Bryson
Status: In committee (House State & Local Government, Elections Subcommittee)
In committee (Senate state & Local Government)

House Bill 312 (Senate Bill 491)
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB0312.pdf
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 9, relative to voting machines.
Sponsor: Rep. Lynn, Sen. Bryson
Status: In committee (House State & Local Government, Elections Subcommittee)
In committee (Senate state & Local Government)


Texas

Bills Common Cause Texas Supports

Voter Protection Bills

House Bill 56 (Senate Bill 475)
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/db2www/tlo/billhist/billhist.d2w/report?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00056
An Act relating to the offense of tampering with a direct recording electronic voting machine; providing criminal penalties.
Sponsors: Rep. Mary Denny, Sen. Rodney Ellis
Status: In-Committee (House Elections; action pending)
(Senate State Affairs)


Voter-Verified Paper Trail Bills

House Bill 166 (Senate Bill 94)
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/db2www/tlo/billhist/billhist.d2w/report?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00166
An Act relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines.
Sponsor: Rep. Aaron Pena, Sen. Eliot Shapleigh
Status: In-Committee (House Elections, Senate State Affairs)

House Bill 1289
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/db2www/tlo/billhist/billhist.d2w/report?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01289
An Act relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines.
Sponsor: Rep. Leibowitz
Status: In-Committee (House Elections)

House Bill 2259
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/db2www/tlo/billhist/billhist.d2w/report?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=02259
An Act relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines.
Sponsor: Rep. Baxter
Status: In-Committee (House Elections)

House Bill 3083
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/db2www/tlo/billhist/billhist.d2w/report?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=03083
An Act relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines.
Sponsor: Rep. Kolkhorst
Status: In-Committee (House Elections)

House Bill 3383
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/db2www/tlo/billhist/billhist.d2w/report?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=03383
An Act relating to the process for the approval of voting systems.
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez
Status: In-Committee (House Elections)

Senate Bill 1672
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/db2www/tlo/billhist/billhist.d2w/report?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01672
An Act relating to the approval of voting systems and equipment.
Sponsor: Sen. Ellis
Status: filed


Bills Common Cause Texas Opposes

Voter-Verified Paper Trail

House Bill 2465
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/db2www/tlo/billhist/billhist.d2w/report?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=02465
An Act relating to a public hearing conducted by the secretary of state in regard to the question of approval of a voting system or voting system equipment for use in elections.
Sponsor: Rep. Denny
Status: In-Committee (House Elections)


Utah

Voter-Verified Paper Trail

House Bill 211
http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2005/htmdoc/hbillhtm/hb0211.htm
This bill amends election law and the duties of the chief election officer to require that voting equipment produces an auditable record of votes cast.
Sponsor: Sen. J. Dougall
Status: Passed House 2/17/2005
Passed Senate 3/2/2005
Sent to the Governor for consideration 3/15/2005


Washington

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5395 http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/billinfo1/dspBillSummary.cfm?billnumber=5395
Requiring voting devices to produce paper records.
Sponsor: Senators Kastama, et. al.
Status: Mar 8 First reading, referred to State Government Operations & Accountability.
Mar 11 Public hearing in committee.
Mar 25 Scheduled for executive session in committee. (Subject to change)

something? Here in CO it sounds like the legislation has been way watered down. Is anybody else working on getting referendums on the ballot?

Hey Trudyco

Re: Is anybody else working on getting referendums on the ballot?

I'm not aware of any at all. Are you indicating that there's one or more?

I really understand nothing about referrendums, but did wonder if that was an avenue for states.

passed a law awhile back requiring any system in OR to have paper backup so it can be recounted. Currently checking to see if that would be the ballot that is counted in the event a machine was used for disabled.

Very much looking forward to hear anything about getting a paper based system together for the disabled.

My reading of that scene, nationally, suggests a problem with providing paper for SOME of the disabled. (SOME of the 'mobility-limited' voters is what's at issue.)

...about it myself --how things were going in various states. I'm not optimistic about California. Give McPherson, Schwarzenegger, Merksamer, Ortega & Clark six months or so, and you will likely have to take California off the list as having any meaningful (enforced) "voter verified paper audit trail."

And if so, I'll send hate-mail to them, and to Kevin Shelley.

You've got a PM in your box.

Wilms

backup and be able to be recounted. Other than that, vote by mail is law. Passed by voters.

nt

We've got a more recent thread going on this, here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x351179